---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil and personnel health: automated external defibrillators."
description: "Existing law authorizes a school district or school to provide a comprehensive program in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, or both, to pupils and employees, and requires the program to be developed using specified guidelines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2217"
citation: "California AB 2217 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil and personnel health: automated external defibrillators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melendez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de9e850e-3a81-41b3-adfc-30f7c7fa657e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217"
source_hash: "8c7dbda0ba037ca5a715ef982a024e892a85ce80d31d016bf12d129e0e2045e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2217 (20132014) — Pupil and personnel health: automated external defibrillators.

Existing law authorizes a school district or school to provide a comprehensive program in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, or both, to pupils and employees, and requires the program to be developed using specified guidelines.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217&version=20130AB221799INT)
2. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217&version=20130AB221798AMD)
3. **05/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217&version=20130AB221797AMD)
4. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217&version=20130AB221796AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217&version=20130AB221795AMD)
6. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217&version=20130AB221793CHP)
7. **AB2217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217)
8. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2217&version=20130AB221794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2217 MELENDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2217 Melendez By Jackson — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2217 MELENDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melendez — primary (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Hagman — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5183.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Coms. on ED., JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4761.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6444.)
- **2014-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6463.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 812, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de9e850e-3a81-41b3-adfc-30f7c7fa657e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).